State-of-the-Art Plenary Lecture IV

Ryan Driskell, PhD, Washington State University

Title: Diversity of fibroblast phenotypes and function in skin development, homeostasis, and disease

Dr. Driskell is the head of the Fibroblast and Skin Regeneration Laboratory at the School of Molecular Biosciences in Washington State University. The laboratory focuses on utilizing the latest in computational biology, histological techniques, and mammalian models systems to understand how to achieve skin regeneration. In addition, the laboratory is focused on developing and expanding interactive webtools that delivers access to large datasets such as scRNA-seq and scATACseq in a easily searchable format. The webtools are accessed through the https://skinregeneration.org/ website.

Dr. Driskell trained in Dr. Fiona Watt’s Laboratory at Cambridge University and King’s College London, where he established a functional fibroblast lineage hierarchy in the dermis.

The Driskell Lab can be contacted by email: ryan.driskell@wsu.edu and can be contacted at https://twitter.com/DriskellLab on Twitter or at https://www.facebook.com/DriskellLab on Facebook.